Graves into Gardens (song)

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Many of our songs come from sermons that Pastor Steven preaches. The title track, in particular, launched from a message of his called 'The Mystery of Potential.' He was in that 2 Kings passage which details that after the prophet Elisha died, his story didn't end there. Two Israelites were near his gravesite about to bury another man. When they saw a band of enemy raiders coming, they threw the man's body into Elisha's tomb. As soon as the body touched Elisha’s bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet (2 Kings 13:20-21). Elisha still had a resurrection miracle left in his bones, and God is still in the business of bringing dead things back to life. If we'll trust God even with the seemingly dead areas of our lives, if we'll believe in the power of God, if we'll declare resurrection power over everything we sow, nothing will be wasted. Nothing is over. God can turn any situation around.

Composition

"Graves into Gardens" is composed in the key of B with a tempo of 70 beats per minute, and a musical time signature of 6
8. [12]

Accolades

"Graves into Gardens"
Graves into Gardens by Elevation Worship (Official EP Cover).png
EP cover
Single by Elevation Worship featuring Brandon Lake
from the album Graves into Gardens
ReleasedAugust 7, 2020 (2020-08-07)
RecordedJanuary 15, 2020
Venue Elevation Ballantyne, Charlotte, North Carolina, US
Genre
Length
  • 7:34
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Chris Brown
  • Aaron Robertson
Elevation Worship singles chronology
"The Blessing"
(2020)		"Graves into Gardens"
(2020)		"Nobody"
(2020)
Brandon Lake singles chronology
"I Need a Ghost"
(2020)		"Graves into Gardens"
(2020)		"Just Like Heaven"
(2020)
Awards
YearOrganizationAwardResultRef
2021 Billboard Music Awards Top Christian Song Won [13]
GMA Dove Awards Song of the YearNominated [14]
[15]
Worship Recorded Song of the YearWon
Spanish Language Recorded Song of the Year
(for "Tumbas A Jardines")		Nominated

Commercial performance

"Graves into Gardens" debuted at No. 12 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart dated March 28, 2020, [16] concurrently charting at No. 1 on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart. [17] After 28 weeks, the song broke through to the top ten of the Hot Christian Songs chart, peaking at No. 10 due to a gain in digital sales. [18] "Graves into Gardens" leaked photos at No. 2 on the Hot Christian Songs chart after spending 43 weeks on the chart, [19] and concurrently debuted on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart dated January 16, 2021, at No. 5. [20]

The song debuted on the Christian Airplay chart dated August 8, 2020, at No. 44. [21]

"Graves into Gardens" rose to No. 1 on the Hot Christian Songs and Christian Airplay charts dated February 6, 2021. [22] It is the first chart topping single for both acts on the tallies, and the first single to simultaneously reach No. 1 on the Hot Christian Songs and Christian Airplay charts since "Overcomer" by Mandisa last achieved the feat in September 2013. [22] The song also set the record for the longest climb to No. 1 on Hot Christian Songs with 46 weeks, a record previously held by Jeremy Camp's "Let It Fade". [22]

Music videos

On March 13, 2020, Elevation Worship released the live music video of "Graves into Gardens" recorded at Elevation Church's Ballantyne campus on their YouTube channel, [23] The acoustic performance video of the song was published on YouTube by Elevation Worship on March 23, 2020. [24] Elevation Worship availed a Spanish rendition of the song, titled "Tumbas A Jardines" on their YouTube channel on July 10, 2020. [25] The studio version lyric video of "Graves into Gardens" was released by Elevation Worship on August 6, 2020. [26]

Elevation Worship released the music video for "Graves into Gardens (Morning & Evening)" on YouTube on January 8, 2021. [27]

Track listing

Digital format — EP [1]
No.TitleLength
1."Graves into Gardens" (Studio)4:20
2."Graves into Gardens" (Live; featuring Brandon Lake)7:34
3."Graves into Gardens"5:01
4."Tumbas A Jardines (Graves into Gardens)" (featuring Brandon Lake)5:53
5."Graves into Gardens" (Remix; featuring Elevation Rhythm)3:37
Total length:26:26

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [3] Platinum1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousMarch 13, 2020
Elevation Worship Records [38]
August 7, 2020
  • Digital download (EP)
  • streaming (EP)
 [1]
United StatesAugust 21, 2020 Christian radio [7]

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